Plume Moth

This is a plume moth that took shelter on my backdoor during the thunderstorm last week.

The pictures aren't brilliant as they were taken at night with a flash and the light of the flash reflecting off the glass in the door. However, I just loved the shape and textures of the moth and wanted to share.


Check out some more pictures of plume moths here and here. I think one of these will make it into one of my paintings sometime soon....

Mysterious Insect - not so mysterious anymore

I have absolutely no idea what this insect is. At first I thought it was a leaf that had been blown in and got stuck to the panelled wall, however then I realised it was some sort of insect.

How cool is this? Nature does create the weirdest things.




This is a rather ghostly image of the same insect. Not quite sure what happened. The first image was taken without a flash, the second with a flash. I thought the ghostly reflections looked really interesting. :-)


Carole B. from Louisana (but originally from Norfolk) sent me an e-mail to let me know that the insect was in fact a Plume Moth, which apparently are quite common around here. Carole also told me of a great article about the Plume Moth in which it also states that the larvae grow on bindweed. Since there's a lot of bindweed right outside my back door... another mystery explained thanks to Carole. :-)